different between cloy vs coly

English

Etymology

From an aphetic form of Middle English acloyen, from Old French enclouer, encloer, from Vulgar Latin *incl?v?re, from Late Latin cl?v?re, present active infinitive of cl?v?, from Latin cl?vus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kl??/
• Rhymes: -??

Verb

cloy (third-person singular simple present cloys, present participle cloying, simple past and past participle cloyed)

1. (transitive) To fill up or choke up; to stop up.
2. (transitive) To clog, to glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate.
3. (transitive) To fill to loathing; to surfeit.

Synonyms

• (fill or choke up): block, block up, choke, fill, fill up, stop up, stuff, stuff up
• (satiate): fill up, glut, gorge, sate, satiate, satisfy, stodge, stuff, stuff up
• (fill to loathing): jade, nauseate, pall, sicken, surfeit

Related terms

• clove

Translations

Anagrams

• Coly, coly

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

New Latin colius, probably from Ancient Greek ?????? (koliós, “a kind of woodpecker”).

Noun

coly (plural colies)

1. Any bird of either of the genera Colius or Urocolius, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
   • 1999, Michael A. Mares, Mousebird, entry in Encyclopedia of Deserts, page 378,

     Coliiformes is the only order of birds endemic to Africa. Six species from two genera (Urocolius and Colius) are recognized, all of which are sedentary. Mousebirds (also known as colies) range through sub-Saharan open savannas and are often common in such areas.

Usage notes

Extant species of order Coliiformes are classified into the genera Colius and Urocolius, both in family Coliidae.

Synonyms

• (bird): mousebird

See also

• Coliiformes (order)
• Coliidae (family)

Anagrams

• cloy